Ten minutes loss of concentration immediately after half-time undid all Broadstreet?s good work as they again played themselves into a winning position only to throw it all away.

With only one league victory apiece before Saturday, this was a game both sides needed to win to ease their position at the bottom end of the National Division Three North table and the disappointing outcome leaves Street stranded in the bottom two.

From the kick-off Street pressed strongly and some excellent team play gave them the lead after just four minutes, Adam Bond scoring to the right of the posts to leave Andy Tee an easy conversion.

Preston centre Sengili Tuihalamaka pulled back three points on 11 minutes with a penalty for offside before Street?s injury jinx struck again as scrum-half Jordan Simpson, left the field with a broken nose followed one minute later by centre Adam Watts with a knee problem.

Tee took over at scrum-half while replacements Andrew Skene and Paul Meadows filled in at full-back and centre respectively.

Despite this first quarter disruption, Street continued to have the best of the play and Tee landed two penalties to give the visitors a 13-3 half-time lead.

The ten minutes after the restart proved a nightmare for Street.

From a miscued clearance kick, the bounce of the ball wickedly eluded winger Dave Vigor and dropped into the hands of Preston full-back Gary Monaghan who ran in at the corner, Tuihalamaka converting from wide out.

Preston then scored their second try after only four minutes of the half from a penalty line-out through second-row Anton Cramant, and when Street lost lock Andy Stone to the sin-bin for pushing a home player who refused to give up the ball after his side had been penalised on their own 22, Grasshoppers cleared the danger from the reversed penalty and from the following line-out maul scrum-half Charles Du Pre nipped down the narrow, unguarded blindside for a soft five points.

Tuihalamaka converted to give Preston a more than flattering 24-13 lead, which he increased 20 minutes later through a penalty from what looked no more than an accidental offside by Street.

Now playing catch-up, Street pressed forward into the Preston half only to lose the ball and from a fly-hack and chase, home centre Paul Bailey was awarded a close decision as he and Tee dived for the ball together.

Street spent the rest of the game near the Preston line, and repeated home infringements led to a penalty try on 79 minutes which Tee converted.